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Peter Burrell (1724–1775)

Peter Burrell FRS (27 August 1724 – 6 November 1775)[1] was a British politician and barrister.

Life edit

Born in London, he was the son of Peter Burrell and his wife Amy Raymond, daughter of Hugh Raymond.[2] His uncle was Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet and his younger brother Sir William Burrell, 2nd Baronet.[2] Burrell was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1745 and then with a Master of Arts.[3] In 1749, he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn.[3]

Burrell sat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons for Launceston from 1759 to 1768[1] and subsequently for Totnes to 1774.[4]

In 1752, he was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Society, and, in 1769, he was appointed Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown.[5]

Family edit

On 28 February 1748, Burrell married Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of John Lewis of Hackney; they lived at Langley Park.[6] They had four daughters and a son, Peter, the later Baron Gwydyr.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Peter Burrell". Retrieved 3 March 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Burrell, Peter (BRL741P)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. p. 194.
  6. ^ Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. p. 524.
  7. ^ a b Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 775.
  8. ^ "Bennet, Richard Henry Alexander (?1742-1814), of North Court, Shorwell, I.o.W., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  9. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine: 1830. E. Cave. 1830. pp. 465–.

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